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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Various Artist - Rockers (1979)





1. We 'A' Rockers - Inner Circle
2. Money Worries - Maytones
3. Police and Thieves - Murvin, Junior
4. Book of Rules - Heptones
5. Stepping Razor - Tosh, Peter
6. Tenement Yard - Miller, Jacob
7. Fade Away - Byles, Junior
8. Rockers - Wailer, Bunny
9. Slave Master - Isaacs, Gregory
10. Dread Lion
11. Graduation in Zion - Kiddus I
12. Jah No Dead - Burning Spear
13. Satta Massagana
14. Natty Take Over

I'm sure you will enjoy this.

Mavis Staples & Curtis Mayfield - A Piece of the Action (1977)


1. Chocolate City
2. Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid
3. Orientation
4. Piece of the Action
5. Good Lovin' Daddy
6. 'Til Blossoms Bloom
7. Koochie Koochie Koochie
8. Getting Deeper




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Not Curtis Mayfield's best, this album nevertheless showcases the great voice of Mavis Staples and contains several interesting, almost P-funk style, instrumentals.

Movie Review
A Piece of the Action (1977)

Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner (1974)





1. Main Title Truck Turner
2. House Of Beauty
3. Blues Crib
4. Driving In The Sun
5. Breakthrough
6. Now Were One
7. The Duke
8. Dorindas Party
9. Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile
10. We Need Each Other Girl
11. A House Full Of Girls
12. Hospital Shoutout
13. Youre In My Arms Again
14. Give It To Me
15. Drinking
16. The Insurance Company
17. End Theme

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Once again Isaac Hayes produces a fine funk soundtrack. Surprisingly difficult to obtain on vinyl, this album contains the full nine-plus minutes of "Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile", as fine a funk instrumental as you'll find on any soundtrack album. The vocal tracks are strong, and there's an over-driven funk-rock instrumental "Breakthrough" that's worth the price of the album.

Monday, February 11, 2008

The Last Poets - Right On! (1970)




1. Jibard/My Pretty Nigger
2. Been Done Already
3. Hey Now
4. Die Nigga!!!
5. Un Rifle/Oracion-Rifle Player
6. Tell Me Brother
7. Black Woman
8. James Brown
9. Soul
10. Today Is A Killer
11. Little Willie Armstrong Jones
12. Puerto Rican Rhythms
13. Poetry Is Black
14. Jazz
15. The Shalimar
16. Into The Streets
17. Alley
18. The Library

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Allegedly from the hit movie 'Right On!', the soundtrack only features the title track from the movie. It's an entirely performance poetry LP as you might expect from the Last Poets; interesting and thought-provoking, good for samples (some nice conga playing) but not one for the dancefloor.